Toyota FJ40: the truck that won by never breaking down Here’s a fact that should sting a little if you grew up on American iron. The vehicle that first put Toyota on the map in the United States wasn’t the Corolla, or the Corona, or the Celica. It was a boxy Japanese 4×4 that looked … Read more
The Pinzgauer Is the Best Camper Base on Earth (and the One You Shouldn’t Buy) Top Gear once parked a Pinzgauer next to a Land Rover and the joke wrote itself: one of them looked like it had wandered off a NATO base, the other looked like it wanted to go to Waitrose. Twenty years … Read more
The Soviet 4×4 That Embarrassed Land Rover, Mercedes, and Toyota — In 1977 Chris Harris once said that the best cars are the ones engineered by people who have to use them. Not engineered for marketing. Not engineered to win awards. Engineered because the engineer knows that if it breaks, he’s the one walking back … Read more
Santana Motor: the Spanish 4×4 that humiliated the British, died with the country — and just came back with Chinese blood You’ve probably never heard of Linares. It’s a small city in the south of Spain, sitting in the middle of an olive-tree ocean in the province of Jaén — historically one of the poorest … Read more
Peugeot 405 T16: The Monster That Turned Pikes Peak Into a World Legend There Are Races. There Are Records. And Then There Are Moments That Change the History of a Sport Forever. On July 4, 1988, on a Colorado mountain covered in gravel and dust, a Finn named Ari Vatanen steered a 600 CV Peugeot … Read more
Do You Really Need All-Wheel Drive( AWD )? The Truth the Dealer Won’t Tell You 80% of those buying AWD are throwing their money away. They know it, but they won’t admit it. Let’s be direct: All-Wheel Drive (AWD) has become the automotive industry’s greatest empty sales pitch. It’s not that the technology is bad—it’s … Read more
